Matt Fistonich dives into Giapo’s new savoury range, and for coeliacs, it feels like more than just a meal. It feels like access, abundance, and the kind of pleasure gluten-free diners are still too rarely invited to expect.
Giapo’s 100 percent gluten free store is not simply a novelty. It feels like a real shift in what safe dining can look like.
Already world-famous for its wildly creative ice cream, Giapo has now launched an all-new savoury menu — and, just like its sweet offerings, the entire range is gluten-free.
For anyone with coeliac disease, that matters more than non-gluten-free diners may realise. It means no second-guessing ingredients, no awkward questions to staff, and no low-level anxiety about cross-contamination. Instead, there is the simple freedom to order what you actually want and enjoy it properly.
And the food itself is incredible.
The newly released lasagne is, without exaggeration, the best gluten-free lasagne I have ever had. It delivers everything you want from a proper lasagne: rich flavour, beautiful texture, and that deeply comforting, indulgent quality that so many gluten-free versions somehow fail to capture. It tastes like the real thing — except this time, it is completely safe to eat.
For anyone who is gluten-free and has spent years settling for bland or disappointing pasta dishes, this feels like a genuine game-changer.
The pizza range is just as impressive. Every pizza on offer is gluten-free, and not in a “good for gluten-free” kind of way — just genuinely delicious, full stop. The bases are crisp, flavourful and ridiculously moreish, with that satisfying bite that can be so difficult to achieve in gluten-free pizza.
It is exactly the kind of food that makes you forget you are eating gluten-free at all, which is probably the highest praise possible.
Then there are the meatballs, which deserve a special mention of their own. They are epic: comforting, packed with flavour, and the sort of dish that makes you want to order another serving straight away. IKEA, eat your heart out.
What makes Giapo’s savoury menu stand out is not simply that it is gluten-free. It is that the whole range feels generous, exciting and seriously delicious. For coeliacs, that kind of experience is still rare enough to feel worth celebrating.
